Religious ceremonies included dancing, games plays,
prayer, and sacrifice. The gods required nourishment from human
beings in order to work. While sacrifice often involved food, most
sacrifice involved some form of human sacrifice. Priests
and noblemen would willingly pierce body parts, usually their tongue,
ears or lips and "give" blood
to the gods.

The more important a person was in their society, the more blood
they were expected to give to the Gods

Influences
of the architecture and style of the Mayas can be seen in the resort
area of Cancun
Mexico today

There were two special priestly duties involved in
human sacrifice: the chacs, who were elderly men who held down the
victim, and the nacon, who removed the heart